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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 23)

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Next on my list is Mr. Bromley.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 23)

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Miltenberger.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 23)

Thank you, Ms. Lee. I’ll now open the floor to general comments on Bill 8. General comments? Detail? Is committee agreed that we proceed with detail on Bill 8?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 23)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Over the last couple of weeks there has been a lot of talk about this draft agreement-in-principle which the government is currently considering.

Devolution and resource revenue sharing were important topics during the 2007 campaign. I heard many people from across the NWT. They were saying that it needs to be done and that it needs to be done now, that a deal must be struck.

So here we are; a potential deal is at hand. If this AIP is signed, we as a government and as a people will be able to take an important next step and begin the process of negotiating a final deal...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 23)

Thank you. We will proceed with the Department of Finance. Page 3-2 is the summary page so we will move to the next page, which is 3-4. Finance, activity summary, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $925,000.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 23)

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Next on my list is Mr. Ramsay.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 22)

For clarity, the answer is yes, we’re going to be bringing people from any community and every community in the Northwest Territories to Fort Smith and Hay River as the need exists and as programs are available. I think it’s a simple yes or no answer. These two facilities are going to be used for everywhere in the Northwest Territories. Is that right? Yes or no. No explanations. Yes or no works for me.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 22)

I just want to follow up on some of the questions my colleague Mr. Ramsay was asking. It got a little confusing for me, but to sort of put it into perspective, I was wondering if the Minister could tell me what a Level A health and social services station is responsible for.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 22)

Thank you to the Minister for that. Same page, slightly different topic. I see that there are a number of replacements for health centres, one in Hay River, one in Fort Providence, as well as a renovation in Fort Smith and there’s a health centre and long-term care facility in Norman Wells. Given the strategic vision of this 16th Assembly, can you tell me whether or not those buildings are being built environmentally responsible? Specifically, are you putting pellet boilers and those types of equipment in these new health centres in the renovations to save us money over the long term? Thank...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 22)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Since being elected and coming into this Assembly, one of the issues that was on Yellowknife’s agenda, obviously, was the Stanton Territorial Health Centre here in Yellowknife. It was in the plan when we first got here, there was some work being done, but it seems that it’s dropped off and we often ask about the Stanton Master Development Plan and it seems to be gone yet again.

The building needs work. I know that there are things being done in the department, the Foundation for Change being the primary one, but I still wonder when are we going to see something come...